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Meridian Arts Ensemble - The Zappa Part of The Zappa Home Concert, 1996

00:00 Lumpy Gravy 00:59 Marqueson's Chicken 04:21 King Kong - That's Not Really Reggae¹ 08:35 Pygmy Twylyte 10:35 Hungry Freaks Daddy 12:58 The Black Page (drum solo) 14:55 The Black Page² 18:28 Frank Zappa Talks About Meridian All songs arranged for Chamber Ensemble by Jon Nelson except: The Black Page (drum solo) ¹ arranged by Jon Nelson & Joe Burgstaller ² arranged by Jon Nelson & Joe Newman The Meridian Arts Ensemble is an American chamber music ensemble based in NYC, specializing in the performance of new works for brass and percussion, founded in 1987. Jon Nelson & Joe Burgstaller - trumpets Daniel Grabois - horn Ben Herrington - trombone Raymond Stewart - tuba John Ferrari - drums When we were in LA in 1996, Jon called Gail Zappa. She invited us to the house to play a Friday Soiree, a tradition that began when Frank invited musicians over to play informally. There was a legendary such evening when the Chieftains and Tuvan Singers played together with Johnny Guitar Watson. This was a big deal for us. We played in the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen for the Zappa family and their friends. Just as Frank liked it, we played a wide variety of repertoire, with Frank’s music comprising about twenty percent of the program. Frank’s longtime engineer Greg “Marqueson” Coy (we knew his name since Frank’s piece Marqueson’s Chicken was in our repertoire, and we played it at the concert) set up a single microphone in front of us and recorded the concert. That recording is what you hear on this disc. This recording best represents the MAE as we were approaching the 10-year mark. We were true road dogs, playing 70 concerts that year, with epic overnight drives, couch surfing, questionable eating, not making any real money, lots of laughs, and grand artistic disagreements. We were true believers, doing whatever it took to get the music on stage, a guerrilla warfare version of chamber music. We made the rules up as we went along, always in service to the music. This program contains classical music, original compositions by group members, an NYC salsa arrangement from Jon and Ben’s past, and faithful transcriptions of pieces by King Crimson and Frank (we are all big King Crimson fans in Meridian: we sent them a cassette and got to meet them in 1996). Taking a page from Frank’s fondness for archival material, this disc is unedited and recorded with one mic and no mixing. The mastering process consisted solely of removing extraneous noise, balancing the left and right channels, and an extremely light EQ. What you hear is pure music in Frank’s studio as he would have heard it. Album digitally released January 16, 2026 The Black Page - The Zappa Page https://www.facebook.com/zblackpage/